MY FIRST PRIVATE RIFLE

(shooting type 56 carbine)
(loading ammo)
(target at 50 meters)

OK, you can call me gun maniac! I bought my first private rifle just few weeks after my student life started in US. Because Georgia is one of the earliest 13 states, so they still keep the tradition for owning weapons for sporting, hunting, and self-defense. At that time (1992), I just needed to show my driving license, filled up a form to answer some funny questions and paid around USD100 (cheaper than any one of my BB gun today). Then I could have my rifle.

This rifle is a Chinese made type 56 semi-auto carbine which is the SKS rifle in Russia. I kept this rifle for almost one year till I traded in for another rifle. I enjoyed sports shooting pretty much due to the cheap Chinese ammo. (USD110 for 1000 round 7.62x39 ammo).

p.s. I have to thank the owner of the gun store. I could not enjoy sports shooting without his assistance.